Big Ten football: Northwestern beats UCLA 17-14
Caleb Komolafe rushed at 119 yards and a touchdown on 27 races, and Northwestern moved the UCLA 17-14 on Saturday in Evanson to spoil the beginnings of the interim coach Tim Skipper and keep the Bruins without victory.
Preston Stone launched for 115 yards and a touch of 12 for 18. Griffin Wilde pulled a touch and 98 yards over seven receptions.
The Wildcats (2-2, 1-1 Big Ten) marked on their first three possessions to build an advance of 17-0, then held their first conference victory. Northwestern broke out several times for large long games, both in the air and on the ground, in the first half.
The UCLA (0-4, 0-1) took place offensively in the second half behind the quarter-Arrière Nico Iamaleava, which launched for 180 yards and rushed to a High 65 team. After Northwestern dominated early, it ended up holding only a advantage of 314-311 in total of the yards on the Bruins, which did not lead to a game.
Iamaleava launched his only hit in the match, a draw of 29 yards in Kwazi Gilmer with 6:19 to do in the fourth quarter to finish a journey with four games and 80 yards. Iamalevea then went to Anthony Woods for a two-point conversion to cut it to 17-14.
Joseph Himon II of Northwestern ran 58 yards in eight races, including a 24 yards dashboard which helps set up a score. Jack Olsen kicked a 33 yards basket.
Mateen Bhagani kicked goals on the ground of 28 and 25 yards for the UCLA.
The point to take away
UCLA: The Bruins still seemed to be reset in the first half under the 47-year-old skipper, who took the most September after the dismissal of coach Deshaun Foster. The Bruins had a week of leave to start adapting after their defeat of 35-10 against the New Mexico on September 13. The UCLA has a difficult conference calendar which includes n ° 1 of Ohio State, No. 3 Penn State, No. 11 of Indiana and USC n ° 21.
Northwest: The Wildcats held the ground defensively in the red zone after the UCLA offensive began to click, preventing touchdown and forcing Bruins to settle for the objectives of the land. No game was greater than the breakdown by the ore of the pass of Iamaleava intended to Gilmer in the goals area with 2:56 to do in the third quarter.
The next
- UCLA: Welcome No. 3 Penn State on Saturday.
- Northwest: Faced with Louisiana-Monroe at home on Saturday.
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